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I also just checked and I have 0 Google services installed and used fdroid to install amethyst - so I guess I don't get what you refer to as "Google permissions" cause it doesn't have any. Unless you're speaking of backend reliance in which case I have no clue on.
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banjo 1y ago

Yes, it's the backend support--so (for example) if you go to Aurora and search for "nostr" you'll see the clients - and many (most?) of them say "requires GSF" (Google Services Framework).

Now some apps may say they require GSF but run fine without. For others, no so...

And while you can install Google services on Graphene in a sandbox I'd prefer not to...and (of course) there are other permissions as well.

So--looking for recommendations 😃 (i.e. "stand on the shoulders of others" as it were)

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defaultuser0 🌀 1y ago

I see - in that regard it makes perfect sense.

I knew there was a compatibility layer - but I thought that only applied when Google services and frameworks were installed - and since I don't have any, I'm surmising amethyst still uses that compatibility layer regardless - so I'm still learning a lot.

The safest option I can think of is a PWA client for nostr - but I'm interested in something like that too.